Both maps below show Uzbekistan highlighted. The old Mercator map (1569) inflates Uzbekistan about 1.8× at 42°, and the new Equal Earth map shows it at its true 447,400 km². Pan or zoom either map and the other follows, so the difference is visible at every scale.
That 1.8× inflation is why Uzbekistan dominated old schoolbook maps and maps of the world's great powers. Hover Uzbekistan on either map to highlight it on both at once, then compare it with Greenland.
Uzbekistan: key figures
| True area | On the old Mercator map | Distortion vs truth |
|---|
| Uzbekistan | 447,400 km² | 804,425 km² | 1.8× |
| Greenland | 2,166,086 km² | 25,576,494 km² | 11.8× |
| Africa | 30,370,000 km² | n/a | n/a |
Old maps drew Uzbekistan at about 804,425 km². The truth is 447,400 km², a difference of 80% that school atlases carried for centuries.